Carcinomas occur when the DNA of a cell is damaged or altered and the cell begins to grow uncontrollably and become malignant. It is from the Greek ÎºÎ±ÏÎºÎ¯Î½ÏÎ¼Î± 'karkinoma' meaning sore, ulcer, or cancer, itself derived from karkinos 'crab'.
Service Driven By Integrity and Professionalism. Carter County covers an area of about 500 square miles and is located in the Ozark Highlands of Missouri. Approximately half of the six thousand county residents live in the small municipalities of Van Buren, Ellsinore, Grandin, Hunter and Fremont. The remaining residents are dispersed throughout the mostly remote rural areas of the county.
The settlement became part of Greene County, Missouri when that county was organized in 1833. After the northern part of Greene County was ceded to form Polk County, Missouri, the Polk County Court proclaimed the settlement as a city, named it Bolivar, and designated it as the county seat on 10 November 1835.